The Magical Realm-Discussions

After disappearing from the Hidden Leaf, the mysterious woman re-appeared in front of a bearded man. This man, considered to be the most powerful wizard of this time, fond of phoenixes and Sherbet Lemon, is the current headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

"Professor McGonagall. I didn't expect you back so soon. I thought you were observing the barrier."

"I was inside of the barrier. There are two children within the barrier, capable of using magic. One of them made it rain, although it went unknown by most of the people around. They just thought it was a random occurrence."

"Do you know which one it was? To be able to control the weather like that and not be able to control it is a problem. It commonly occurs when someone is depressed."

"From the looks of it, it was the girl. She was crying from the time her father handed her to the doctors for healing."

"What of the other one?"

"His magic is subtler. Less noticeable, but there."

"I see. From the looks of things, they can't be older than 6 or 7."

"I read the girls medical chart. She's 5. The boy was also in the hospital, but his injuries were minor compared to hers. He's 6."

"A year apart from each other, huh? We need to keep them together and bring them to Hogwarts together. It's going to be fun trying to explain this to a nation that has been keeping to themselves longer than I've been alive."

"I'm sure the kids would be a little more understanding than their parents. Especially the girl. Her father has a serious edge about him when it comes to her."

"Does he have silver hair by any chance?"

"Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"Nothing much in particular, but I remember running into a young man with silver hair a few years ago. I somehow got a picture of him, thinking he was an interesting fellow."

McGonagall takes the photo and looks at it. "This is the father!"

"He must have grown into a fine man then."

"Do you really think he'll listen to the reasoning?"

"If he doesn't listen to our reasoning, he'll listen to his daughter's reactions. If pushed, those two could break windows, if need be."

"That's a good way to get in trouble with a nation that we've had no quarrels with for centuries."

"Not torturing them. More along the lines of having them sitting in on the discussion and seeing their reactions. If she's anything like him, they'll butt heads to the point where her magic will seep out."

"The other one's parents are rarely around. It will be hard to get him to react to his parents."

"Maybe, but maybe his magic will get stronger. Each child is different after all. There will be a language barrier. We should prepare some special pendants so we can communicate."

"Will we be able to prepare them in the next few years?"

"I'm sure we can smooth things over so they'll be able to communicate by the time they get ready to attend Hogwarts."

"I hope you are right professor Dumbledore. I'm still worried about Potter. He should not have been placed with those muggles."

"They're his only family. We both know that he's better off growing up away from this world. The other two come from a culture where they're trained to be suspicious of everything. Those two are the ones we have to worry about breaking into the magical world. It's going to be a case of culture shock if we don't start soon."

"I hope you're not doing what I think you're doing Albus. I've followed you, but those two are raised in a better juncture than Potter. They're a little more open there than Potters aunt, uncle and cousin."

"He will come when he is ready."

"Alright. I'll prepare the pendants. They'll be ready within the next couple days."

A couple of days later, McGonagall comes in with two pendants. Each of them have a little shimmer from the spell cast on them. "Now what? Are we just going to apparate to within the barrier and walk to the village?"

"Exactly Minerva. It's not like we're harming anything."

They apparate within the barrier and notice they stick out with their robes. "Professor Dumbledore, do you think it's wise to walk around like this?"

"You could just turn into a cat. Besides, it's nice to have an animal companion walk alongside you."

"It's more peaceful than England. It seems like cats are common considering I was here a few days ago." McGonagall turns into her cat form and meows.

"Alright, lead the way Minerva." He starts following her to a set of giant gates and see two people manning it.

The two men notice Dumbledore and try to see if he wields chakra or not. Not sensing any, they welcome them to the village and tell him to ask if they need anything.

"Thank you. If you wouldn't mind, I need to talk to your village leader."

One of the men nodded his head and pointed at the hokage tower. "That big building with the kanji for fire is where you need to head to meet the hokage. Just a heads up, his secretary is very meticulous and cranky."

"Thank you, young man. Here's a licorice." Dumbledore tosses a piece of licorice candy at the guard, and starts his trek through the village proper to the hokage tower. On the way, he notices a masked man with silver hair and a little girl.

"Hey dad? Can I come with you on your D-Rank? I'm feeling better."

"What D-Rank can I take you on where you won't get hurt Einjeru?"

"Dog walking?"

The man smiles under his mask. "This is the third time I dog walked this week. Try again."

"How about painting?"

He shakes his head, amused. "Fine."

"Thanks dad. I apologize for running out of symbols to practice."

"It's not your fault you're a quick learner. It's mine. You seemed to have inherited my brains."

Dumbledore smiled, hearing the interaction between the two. McGonagall walks up to the girl, pawing her shirt. The girl looks down and smiles. "Hello again. You were in my hospital window the other night, weren't you?" She proceeds to petting the cat.

The cat meowed and looked her in the eyes. Dumbledore comes up, giving a grandfatherly smile. "Alright Minerva. Let the girl go on with her day."

"Minerva… I'll see you around. You're such a pretty cat."

"Einjeru? I'm leaving you!"

"Oh! Coming dad!" The girl ran off, leaving the cat and Dumbledore to head to the hokage tower.

At the hokage tower, the secretary was as crabby as described. "The hokage is at the mission desk right now. He won't be back until later."

Dumbledore proceeds to ask where the mission desk is.

"It's in the administrative offices division of the ninja academy. Now go before I call the police force for trespassing."

They head over to the administrative offices division of the academy to hear a gravelly voice. "Kakashi, I know it's hard leaving Einjeru on her own sometimes, but bringing her on missions is not a good thing to do."

"I understand Lord Third, but I'm not too keen on letting her go on her own since those rejects almost killed her the other day."

"We do have daycare for that, but from what I heard, she gets into fights. I looked into it at the psychiatric division at the hospital. She has an emotional detachment disorder."

The girl was just standing there, not doing a thing. Kakashi looked like he had a question mark on his head. "Don't those kinds of disorders usually demonstrate some kind of inability to demonstrate emotions? I've been raising her for a while now and she's never demonstrated any signs of being emotionally distant from anyone, or her lashing out for no reason. I've noticed her being shy around kids her age, but that's it."

"Then why has she been asking you to take her on D-Ranks?"

"This just started Lord Third. You can't say she has emotional detachment from that alone."

"If I may interject, if I did have that disorder, I would be unable to make meaningful friendships as I have, or I'd be acting out in an unhealthy manner. If anything, he was going to take me to the park and do his missions, but I just asked if I could come along. That has nothing to do with emotional detachment at all Lord Third."

"Either way, what's going to happen if she gets injured?"

"How can she get injured doing chores?"

The sliding door opens, revealing Dumbledore and the cat. "If I may say this, she does look emotionally and cognitively healthy. I don't see the reason why she can't help out with chore like jobs. It's a great way to learn."

The cat goes over to Einjeru and rubs its head against her knee. Einjeru kneels down and scratches its head gently. "What a pretty cat you are."

Dumbledore notices something, as if a serene wind was blowing through the village just from Einjeru petting Minerva. Everyone else feels the breeze and somehow couldn't resist the urge to smile.

Noticing how Einjeru was handling the cat, the hokage got a smirk on his face. "Well seeing how good Einjeru is with animals, I'll task you two with the mission of bringing in Tora. He escaped from the feudal lords' palace again."

Kakashi got a look of dread on his face, while Einjeru just kept on petting Minerva. Kakashi looks at Einjeru and his apprehension towards going after the cat goes away. "Einjeru, stop petting the man's cat and let's go. We have a cat to return."

Einjeru stops petting Minerva, and smiles. "So, I'm coming with you?" She gets a nod in return. She and Kakashi leave the room, the mission to retrieve Tora accepted.

Dumbledore looks at Lord Third in a pondering manner. "You're the village leader, right?"

"Why yes, I am. What brings you here of all places?"

Dumbledore looks at the cat. "Minerva, I think it's best if you explain."

The cat turns into a woman in a green cloak and the ANBU appear out of nowhere.

"Wait! Are you from outside the barrier of the five great nations?"

McGonagall nods. "We don't mean any harm, we know you have been living in peace within your barrier for centuries, but we started sensing magic seeping out, so we came to monitor and see where it could possibly be coming from. The young girl that was just in here radiates strong magical potential."

"You mean Einjeru?"

"Yes. From what I observed of her, her mood tends to affect the weather sometimes. There's another young boy that radiates magical energy, but not as strongly as Einjeru."

"We know you want to stay out of our affairs as we want to stay out of yours, but you will be dragged into ours if the slightest inkling of magic is discovered."

"That could explain why Einjeru can't use chakra, and a probability of Rock Lee's condition. However, why come to us now? They won't be able to comprehend this for a while yet."

"We wanted to give them some basic education, so when the time comes to learn how to channel it, the cultural shock won't be so much of a shock. Plus, there's the language barrier. The only reason we're able to communicate is because of these enchanted pendants. They need to learn a second language so they can perform spells in time."

"I know you guys have a special school for training your next protectors, but when they get to be eleven and twelve years old, they'll need specialized instruction for the randomness of their unharnessed magic. I'm pretty sure they're getting picked on now for their lack of the abilities you hold to your standards."

"Well, two days ago, the two were hospitalized after being beaten by some students who had to return to the academy for remedial instruction. Rock Lee somehow only suffered some bruising, whereas Einjeru suffered internal bleeding, bruising, and a split lip."

"That's worse than I could have imagined, yet she seems so content when she was petting me. It was like there was no darkness inside her at all."

"She's been rolling with the punches since she's known of her inability to use chakra, but deep down inside, she berates herself for being the kid of one of the villages top ninja and being unable to use chakra. The only way to get her mind off of it to re-assure that the use of chakra isn't the end all be all for the shinobi path. She's going to end up going to the academy, but will be skipping the basic academic course load. If you've been observing as you say, you'll notice that she is quick on learning subjects such as language and calligraphy."

"I've seen that. That will prove valuable when we send our tutor to start their second language instruction. Now what strengths does this Rock Lee have?"

"His determination is unmatched for those in his year. His ability to wield chakra is nonexistent due to a deformity in his chakra coils, but you said you've noticed magic radiating off of him, so maybe, I'll have them stay at the academy under the pretense of extra work when Einjeru starts. I think it would be good to have some sort of a curriculum planned out for the next six years, and remain in contact with us so we can break them in as much as possible when your tutor comes."

"That sounds good. When does Einjeru start?"

"She starts after the summer recess."

"There's one more thing. When Einjeru starts at Hogwarts, we need a name for her that everyone can pronounce."

"Actually, her name is just a Japanese pronunciation of Angel. So, I guess Angel would do. Her last name would need to be discussed with her and Kakashi."

"That sounds fine. Einjeru starts in 4 months which will give us ample time to draw up a curriculum for the year and prepare for the long talk that we'll need to have about the world outside of the barrier."

"Alright. I'll have a talk with Kakashi and the Lee's."

"Sounds fair enough. You wouldn't mind us observing them for now, would you?"

"That's fine. You two harbor no threat to us and have proven your worth."

"We'll take our leave then sir. Thank you very much for hearing us out." Dumbledore and McGonagall leave out the administrative area and go observe Lee.

It's lunchtime for the academy students, and Lee sits at the swing, eating a boxed lunch from his mother. "Thank you for the food." He pulls out a sandwich to see the same rejects from the other day.

"Our guest sensei may have said to leave the girl alone, but he didn't say anything about you."

The three get ready to grab him. "This is for the other day!"

Lee ended up dropping his lunch. "That was from my mother!" He starts throwing punches, which ended up getting dodged. Two of them grabbed Lee's arms and the third starts punching him in the stomach.

Lee's face was red from being upset about his lunch. The air around them started feeling heavy, and continued getting heavier with each punch.

"Leave… Me… Alone!" All of a sudden, a blast rings out, blowing the boys back. "What was that? Did I do that?"

"What was that?! You can't wield chakra. You freak!" The three ran away like cats with their tails between their legs.

Dumbledore and McGonagall watch from a distance. "Like I said, if pushed they can bring out their magic."

"They weren't kidding. To be able to wield chakra is an everyday occurrence here. When you can't you are ostracized. However, it seems that Lee's magic can only be produced in bursts after his emotions have bottlenecked to a point."

"They definitely need to learn to channel it. Maybe we can take them on a field trip their first day of instruction."

"You can't be serious! A field trip to our world would be an overload for them."

"It gives them incentive. Plus, it will show them what they'll be channeling their magic into."

"We're talking about four months Albus. They're only 5 and 6."

"Years will go by before you know it. You of all people should know that."

"They're still just kids."

"And they're going to school to learn how to eventually kill. Those two are at a disadvantage. All they have are their bare hands and whatever weapons are given to them. The other kids will have their chakra."

"And magic is going to aid them?"

"It will help them defend their-selves when the time arises."

"We should split up and observe them."

"You watch Lee. Angel is getting attached to you."

"That sounds fair." McGonagall goes into her tabby form and watches Lee from a tree."

Dumbledore went to observe Einjeru and Kakashi. 'He's really grown up since I last saw him.'

Einjeru walks in front, holding the brown cat with a red bow. "You love running away, don't you Tora? Maybe it's that you don't like being smothered." She gently scratches Tora's ear and hears a content purring. "Oh, you are such a good kitty."

Kakashi smiles behind his mask. "I swear if I didn't know any better, you could talk to animals." His eye crinkles, giving the definition of his smile.

"We all know that's impossible, but it would be cool."

They get back to the mission room to see the feudal lords' wife. "Oh, you found him!" She grabs Tora in a swoop and starts squeezing him.

Lord Third was surprised Einjeru wasn't scratched up and put it off to what he saw earlier. "Mission success, I assume?"

"Mission completed with minimal effort Lord Third. Einjeru is a natural with animals."

"I can see. Well you've completed all of the available missions for today." Lord Third handed them their payment, along with the feudal lords' wife giving Einjeru a little extra for being gentle.

On the way to their apartment, they stop at a ramen shop. "That wasn't so bad. I wonder why everyone complains about that mission."

"No one actually has their way with animals like you, yet I am a competent dog handler. It looks like you actually understand them."

"I don't know. Either way, I'm excited about starting at the academy soon. You are going to help me with taijutsu right?"

"Of course. I might also teach you a little kenjutsu."

"Kenjutsu? What is that?"

"The art of sword-fighting."

"Oh, ok."

"I have a couple of friends who are master swordsmen."

Dumbledore watching from a distance, gave a smile. "Things will get interesting when all of them start attending Hogwarts, won't they Minerva?"

Professor McGonagall walks over to him, nodding. "I guess we should get back, and continue monitoring and making lesson plans."

The two apparate back to Hogwarts and go through four months of language curriculum preparation, and monitor a certain boy who lived.